Bagging attachment for threshing-machines.



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- ttornegs BEST AVAlLA'BLE COF" UNITED STATES ROBERT V. WALLACE, OF ALKI, WASHINGTON.

BAGGING. ATTACHMENT FOR THRESHING-MAOHIFNES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented'nug. 8, 1905.

Application filed August 4,1904. Serial No. 219.492.

' To all whom, it may con/cern):

Be itknown that I, ROBERT V. WALLACE, a

- citizen of the'United States, residing at Alki,

in the county of Whitman and State of Washington, have invented a new and useful Bagging Attachment for Threshing-Machines, of

, whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to grain-bagging attachments for threshing-machines; and it has for its object toelevate the grain that is delivered at the discharge end of the usual spiral-conveyer spout to a point where it may be delivered into bags, the discharge end of the bagging attachment being provided with a double delivery-spoutand with a' valve or cut- ,oi' whereby the grain maybe delivered into a bag attached to one side of the spout, while itis cut off from the other spout, thus enabling the full bag to be removed and replaced by an empty one.V Y

To carry the invention into operation, I

rTavail myself of a tubular casing adapted to be 'connected with the discharge end of the conveyer-casing in the threshing-machine and containing a spiral conveyer and means for coupling or connecting the same with the spiral conveyer of the threshing-machine.

'llhe invention mainly consists in the improved coupling means for the 'spiral con- Q veyer, as well as for the casings of the same.

It fu rther consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the 4 claims.

In the accompanying 'drawings hasbeen illustrated a simple and preferred vformof -embodiment of the invention` it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that the right is reserved to any changes, alterations, and modifications which vmay, be resorted to within the scope of the invention and without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages of the same. Y

In said drawings, Figure'l is a perspective view, with parts of the casing broken away, of the improved bagging attachment, showing thesame connected with the end of the grain-trough which projects through the side wall of a threshing-machine. Fig. 2 isa horiaontal sectional view taken through the proximate ends of the grain-trqughand the eleva tor-casing of the bagging'attachment,showing the connecting means between the same.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken through the discharge end of the bagging attachment. Fig. 4 is a sectional detail view taken longitudinally in av vertical plane through one side of the delivery end of the bagging attachment. Fig. 5 is a detail side view, partly in section, of the screw-coupling ence.

In carrying out my invention I employa spiral conveyer 1, such asis common to many forms of threshing-machines, mounted for operation in a trough or casing 2, the latter he ing open at the top for the reception of clean grain discharged thereinto from the s( arating mechanism of the threshing-machin The discharge end of the trough'2 is cyli drical ing-shape, as shown at 3, and it is e tended asuiicient distance beyond the side wall 4 of the threshing-machine. Upo'n the cylindrical portion 3 is mounted a clamping device which includes two approximately semicircular members 55,-each provided' at its upper and lower ends with lugs 6 6, conc nected by means, such as bolts 7, whereby they may be clamped and supported tightly upon the' cylindrical extension 3 of graintrough 2. The curved portions of the olmping members 5 5 are provided at their rear and front edges with lugs 8 9, having perforations 10. `Als indicated in the drawings, *he front lugs 9 may be formed upon bracket;

.extending forwardly from the curved n bers 5 in order that the lugs 8 and 9 ma properly spaced apart.

The casing of the improved bagging attachment consists of a'cylindrical shell 12, in which the spiral feed-screw 13 is mounted for -rotation. The casing 12 is provided nearits lower end with a recess 14, to the walls of which recess is pivotally connected a coupling-section l5 by means 4of bolts 16, upon which are mounted arms 17, which are connected with the coupling-section by means of rivets 18 or equivalent connections, the said arms beingl thus rigidly connected with the coupling-section. These arms are extended througlan` supported in the perforated lugs 8 9'of th` clamping members with which the couplingsection 15 and the casing 12 are thus connected, the latter in such a manner'as to be capa.

ble'of pivotal adjustmentupon'-the bolts 16.

The coupling-section is adapted to engage the troufrli 2, exterior, of the latter, the said ....7 A. WU. ...mi .A 4

l at its freeiend toa position at a considerable i l u eEsT AVAILABLE coP` adaptedfto engage the notch 21, thereby connectin'gthe coupling member with the shaft 20.". The opposite end of the tube or sleeve `22 is connected by a universal joint or knucklel joint 25, of ordinary construction, with a coupling-sleeve 26 upon the lower end of the shaft 27 ofthe feed-screw 13 within the casing 12'. By the construction described it will be seen that when the shaft 2O of the spiral conveyer 1 is in motion it will transmit rotary motion-'to the shaft 27 of the spiral conveyer 13, which latter is capable of being elevated fgl-to the conveyer l, thereby serving to' vate the grain which is discharged from the I:ou'gh 2 into the conveyer-casing 12, as will @readily understood. Any suitable means. uch as @otter-pins 28, extending through 'litable perforations in the arms 17, maybe employed for the purpose of connecting the parts securely together for operation. The discharge end of the casing 12 is open on its under side, and itis expanded to form a lhousing 29,

Whichis divided byacentral inverted-V-shaped partition 30 into two separate discharge-spouts 31 and 32.. The housing is provided with bearings for a pair ofrock-shafts 33 34, each carvalve 35 36 and each provided with cranks 3.7 38, extending through the rear wall of the housing and having wrist-pins 39 40,

grain from the casing l2 the other of said valves will be closed. Each of the spouts is preferably provided with bag-holding means 4including eccentric shafts 43, having cranks 44, provided with connecting-rods 45, extend- E ing through guide-loops 46 upon the sides of fthe hous1ng,'said connecting-rods being provided with teeth or nuts 47, adapted to engage the guide-ears 46 for the purpose of retaining the parts in adjusted position. Be it understood that I do not limit myself to any articularvform of the bag-holding means. he casing 12 1s provided at its upper outer j." end witha loop 48, enabling it to be connected, by means of a guy-rope, part of which is indicated at 49, with any suitable fixed point,

thus sustaining the free end of the casing/1.2

'at any desired elevation.

'From the foregoing description, taken in connection with th'e drawings hereto annfrxed,

in the art to which it appertains.

the operation and advantages of this invention will be readily understood by those skilled discharged from the conveyer-trough of the threshing-machine passes directly into the casing 12, where it is elevated by the spiralconveyer to thepoint of discharge, where it will be directed by the valves 35 36 into one or the other of the spouts 31 32, with which bags have previously been connectedto receive the grain. When one bag has been filled, the position of the valves is shifted, so as to direct the grain into the bag previously attached to the other spout. Vhile this bag is being filled the full bag is removed and tied and an empty one substituted, so that the operation may proceed indefinitely.

A Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. In a grain-baggingattachment for threshing-machines, a conveyer-trough having an extended cylindrical end, clamping means upon said cylindrical extension, including suitablyconnected parts having laterally-extending lugs and a conveyer-casi'ng having arms for engagement with said perforated lugs.

2. Ina device of the class described, a conveyer-trough having an extended cylindrical end, a conveyer-casing having pivoted arms, and perforated lugs connected with the extended cylindricalend of the conveyer-trough for connection with said pivoted arms.

3. In a device of the class described, a conveyer-trough having an extended end, clamping means upon said extended end havin-g laterally-extending perforated lugs, and a conveyer-casing having arms pivotally connected therewith and adapted for engagement with said' lugs.

' 4. In a device of the class described, a conveyer-trough having an extended end, laterally-extending perforated lugs connected with said extended end, a conveyer-casing, a coupling-section connected pivotally with the conveyer-casing, and arms connected rigidly with the coupling-section and having pivotal connection with the members whereby said coupling-section is pivotally connected with the conveyer-casing, said arms having extended ends for engagement with the perforated lugs.

5. In a device of the class described, a conveyer-trough having an extended end, clamping members secured upon the latter and having laterally-extending, perforated lugs,a conveyer-casing, a coupling-section pivotally connected with said casing, arms rigidly connected with said coupling-section and adapted to engage the perforated lugs of the clamping members upon the extended end of the conveyer-trough, spiral conveyers within the latter and the conveyer-casing, and an intermediate spiral-conveyer section having suitable connection with the adjacent ends of the said spiral conveyers. f,

6. In a device of the class described, a pair The grain BEST AvAiLAeLE cof" of spiral conveyers, casings for said conveyers, means for adjustably connecting said casings at various angles to each other, an intermediate cou pling-section pivotally connected with one of the casings and extended into the other casing, and an intermediate spiral-conveyer section universally jointed with the adjacent end of one of the spiral conveyers andconnected with the other conveyer to be operated therewith.

7. "In a device of the class described, a plurality of spiral conveyers, casings for said conveyers. means for connecting said casings at various angles to each other,4 and spiral anged connecting means universally jointed with the proximate end of one of the spiral conveyers and connected withl the other conveyer to be operated therewith. 1

8. In a device of the class described, a plurality of spiral conveyers, casings for the same, connecting means for said casings including an intermediate coupling-section recessed .at its corners and interiorly engaging said casings vand means for pivotally connecting said inter- .mediate coupling-section with one casing and for rigidly connecting the same Withan adjaj-'cent casing, and connecting means for the Spiral conveyers including a spirally-ianged member universally .jointed with the approxi- .v mate end of one of the conveyers and connected with the other conveyer to be operated therewith. g

9. In a device of the class described, a c'asing, a spiral conveyer within said casing, an expanded housing at the discharge end of said casing, an inverted-V-shaped partition in said housing forming two separate spouts. valves Within the housing whereby the material discharged may be directed to one of the spouts only, means for operating said valves, and bagliolding means connected with each spout.

10. In aV grain bagging attachment for threshing-machines. a conveyer-casing formingacontln uation of and connected ad justably with the spiral-conveyer trough of a thresh-f" ing-machine, spiral conveyers within said casing and the trough of the threshing-machine, means for coupling together said splral con- .veyers, including a spirally-fianged section suitably jointed with the proximate ends of.

the conveyers, an adjustable coupling-section connected pivotally with the conveyer-casing and engaging the discharge end of the conl veyer-trougb ofthe machine, a' bifurcated housing4 at the discharge end of the conveyercasing, valves Within said housing to direct the material discharged to one or the other of .the 

